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Routes and flights · the DOT's airline reports, August 2025 to July 2026

Hong Kong ⇄ San Francisco International HKG–SFO

Airlines flew 3,241 flights between Hong Kong, Hong Kong HKG in Hong Kong, HK and San Francisco International SFO in San Francisco, CA in the twelve months to July 2026, both directions together: 913,344 passengers in 1,080,597 seats, 85% of them filled, and 57,136,461 pounds of freight. 6,927 miles, about 327 minutes in the air, on 4 airlines: Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. (1,765), United Air Lines Inc. (1,472), VistaJet Limited (2), Atlas Air Inc. (2).

3,241
flights, twelve months
HKG-SFO: 1,621 · SFO-HKG: 1,620
913,344
passengers
85% of seats filled
6,927
miles
about 327 minutes airborne
4
airlines
6 aircraft types

Flights by month both directions

0761522293051/254/257/2510/251/264/262447/26
By month, as a table
flights
1/25253
2/25224
3/25269
4/25249
5/25290
6/25297
7/25298
8/25305
9/25258
10/25284
11/25275
12/25297
1/26288
2/26264
3/26290
4/26244
5/26252
6/26240
7/26244

Passengers by month

022,56545,13067,69590,2601/254/257/2510/251/264/2679,3417/26
By month, as a table
passengers
1/2569,629
2/2557,862
3/2567,658
4/2567,059
5/2576,368
6/2583,833
7/2580,608
8/2580,314
9/2557,130
10/2572,399
11/2575,799
12/2580,998
1/2678,148
2/2671,820
3/2690,260
4/2675,602
5/2676,182
6/2675,351
7/2679,341

The airlines twelve months, both directions

AirlineFlightsPassengersSeats filledService
Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. CX1,765507,87888%scheduled passenger service
United Air Lines Inc. UA1,472405,46181%charter cargo service, scheduled passenger service
VistaJet Limited VJT2518%charter passenger service
Atlas Air Inc. 5Y20charter cargo service

The aircraft as the airlines report their types

AircraftFlightsSeats a flightPassengers
Boeing 777-300/300ER/333ER2,424356718,877
Airbus Industrie A350-900772280192,373
Boeing 777-200ER/200LR/233LR41612,089
Bombardier Global 6000/Global Xrs2145
B787-900 Dreamliner100
Boeing 747-400100

HKG → SFO this direction alone · flown January 2025 to July 2026

1,621 flights of 730 scheduled, 453,132 passengers in 540,005 seats, 48,741,928 pounds of freight, 920,701 pounds of mail. Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. 883; United Air Lines Inc. 737; VistaJet Limited 1.

SFO → HKG this direction alone · flown January 2025 to July 2026

1,620 flights of 730 scheduled, 460,212 passengers in 540,592 seats, 8,394,533 pounds of freight, 347,746 pounds of mail. Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. 882; United Air Lines Inc. 735; Atlas Air Inc. 2; VistaJet Limited 1.

Source: the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 Segment table (all carriers). A flight is one departure performed on this segment; seats and passengers are the airlines' own monthly reports; "seats filled" is passengers divided by seats. The miles are the DOT's great-circle distance. Both ends: Hong Kong, Hong Kong HKG and San Francisco International SFO; all routes.